At the range question

[SMarquez]

I offered to let a young man of 12-13 shoot my M1 last week. I made sure his dad was OK with it. He was hopping happy. I loaded it and let dad settle him in on the bench since he was a lefty. He rang a 6" gong 4/8 at 100 yards. He couldn't thank me enough and his dad was all grins.
We have a monthly C&R shoot down here and everyone shares. Quite a few of us are getting to know each other pretty well and it is an open invite to try each others guns.

[AceGirlsHusband]

OP, is your M95 the long version (the service rifle)?

[Aldemar]

As long as the are not acting foolish or unsafe, sure. One time I had brought a few revolvers to shoot. During a break, 2 20-somethings came up to me and asked if they could shoot one, as they had never shot a revolver before. I guess if you were brought up during the "wondernine" era, you may never even look at a revolver in the gun cases, much less buy one.

I had to run them thru the whole DA/SA thing, loading & unloading, etc. Strange experience to say the least, as one of them claimed to be ex-army.

[DennisCA]

OP, is your M95 the long version (the service rifle)?

Mine is the carbine version

( Light gun + large cal [8X56r] ) = shoulder discomfort/pain